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Limits to Russia’s ties with Turkey will persist

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RUSSIA

Energy ties, already deep, have expanded since 2022 as part of a broader reorientation of Russian commerce away from the West. The similarly authoritarian leadership styles of…

Iran’s SCO inclusion will bring limited security gains

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IRAN

SCO membership will be Tehran’s first experience of a regional defence-security organisation since it withdrew from the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) in 1979. Iran’s defence…

Prospects for the Middle East in 2023

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PROSPECTS 2023

Prospects for the Middle East in 2023.

Israel will be unfazed by Syrian air defence claims

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ISRAEL/SYRIA

ISRAEL/SYRIA: Israel will be unfazed by air defences

External forces may be impossible to remove from Syria

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SYRIA

SYRIA: External forces may be impossible to remove

Israel will play up Syria actions but avoid escalation

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ISRAEL

This comes amid a recent rise in Israeli military operations in Syria as part of efforts to prevent Iranian military entrenchment and supply of weapons to sympathetic groups.

Abu Dhabi-Washington ties will be difficult to repair

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UAE

UAE-US relations are under their greatest strain in nearly two decades. Trust between officials on both sides has been eroded. Doubts about the United States' reliability as a…

Prospects for US foreign policy in 2019

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PROSPECTS 2019

Prospects for US foreign policy in 2019.

Prospects for US foreign policy in 2018

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PROSPECTS 2018

Prospects for US foreign policy in 2018.

Russian build-up raises geopolitical stakes in Syria

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SYRIA

US officials estimate that Russia has dispatched tanks and artillery to Syria in recent weeks in a reported military build-up, raising concerns that Moscow is embarking upon an…